Additions to your collection - April 2021

New month new additions.

I’ve owned this for a while but only today I’ve added this to my collection today after creating the page for it (30 March) on the new Exonumia catalog.



I’m thinking of buying some coin lots because I haven’t bought any from Ebay since December.

full marks for enthusiasm...

I Going overboard for Switzerland currently. Opened this box yesterday, but so be it, havent inventoried it all yet. some big silvers too.

also some new pieces from Sweden

Quote: "Mr. Midnight"​full marks for enthusiasm...
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​I Going overboard for Switzerland currently. Opened this box yesterday, but so be it, havent inventoried it all yet. some big silvers too.
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Nice Swiss coins I’m thinking of buying some Swiss coins high grade ones 70s-now to grow my tiny collection of coins from Switzerland.🇨🇭​

My interest in Swiss coins ends in 1968.
Not a value judgement, I just constrain my coin buying self when possible.
Also, my Sweden collection ends in 1950 with Gustav V . Its a convenient place to stop - or to start.

Samoan silver proof set, arrived yesterday bought 29 March


The coins are based on the new series of designs issued in 1974.
However the gimmick is these are all sterling silver and thus a scarce
collectible (5000 sets and nearly 3 ounces of silver).


Australian Federation centenary album

Issued in 2001, the set includes all 9 state 20 cent coins, 50 cent coins and Federal 50 cents and $1 coin.
The State 50 cent coins are quite scarce and the whole album has become quite valuable now. I got it cheap and realised a double up with the Victorian 50 cent twice and no Norfolk Island 50 cent.

Quote: "Moneytane"​Samoan silver proof set, arrived yesterday bought 29 March
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​The coins are based on the new series of designs issued in 1974.
​However the gimmick is these are all sterling silver and thus a scarce
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​I like the tropical designs on the coins.

Just arrived:

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​I can see that you specialise in florin/two shilling type coins.

These finally arrived after a month!!!


Australia $2 2013 Queen's Diamond Jubilee, these were the second of the Coloured ring coins issued for circulation and considered the hardest to find of the whole series.

One is well into UNC territory and very bright, the other is probably AU or low UNC but quite dull (Still a spare for a rare coin is all good!)

I just can't stop buying coins, mostly cheaper ones as I have been buying a lot of expensive ones previously (Like $50 - $100 and even $300 a coin). Everything in this post cost me the grand sum of $32 postpaid!


Guernsey 10 shillings, Lozenge shaped coin 1966


Jersey 5 shillings 1966, Huge crown sized coin
Both of the coins celebrated 900 years of William of Normandy conquering England
Although Cupronickel and cheapish coins, both have a very low mintage (low 6 figures).


Malta old coinage group consisting of better 50 cents, 25 cents, 10 cents 2 and 1 cent. They cost me $5 in all

Pacific Island grab bag that cost just $15


Good group with 450 Francs French Polynesia, several Fiji, Cook Island and a nice group of well used PNG coins, the 1991 50 Toea only had 25k minted. As you can see, they use their coins hard there. The Kina and one of the 50Toea are basically gVG!


4 loose Proof Samoan coins broken loose from a Proof set?
Mintage just 15k sets.

Many Pacific Island coins are underrated, most have very low mintages (10k - 500k) compared to 10 or million for most European, Asian and American countries. They are interesting and good collecting items.

I have invested some money into my ancient collection lately, here some new arrivals:
Emperor Commodus - Denarius with Jupiter reverse and interestingly the title Britannicus in the Emperors titular which he possibly gave himself after defeating some Pict invasions:

Emperor Maximinus "Thrax" - Damaged Denarius but with nice military reverse and good conditioned portrait of this very special looking ruler (It is said that he suffered from gigantism which also defined his face)

Emperor Gallienus - Antoninianus showing Diana the goddess of the hunt on the reverse

A scarce to rare variety of the Class B follis:

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having with a central pellet in each arm and in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with on cover, from beneath
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g

My goal with portuguese 200 conmemorative escudos got a big impulse this week

Got these lovely banknotes from my Sudanese colleague. Many of the websites have mentioned Falcon as the watermark. It is a secretary bird.

Quote: "Quant-Geek"​A scarce to rare variety of the Class B follis:
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​Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
​Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having with a central pellet in each arm and in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with on cover, from beneath
​Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
​Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g
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​Cool! Where do you buy from, if you don't mind ne asking?

4 months later, and an additional 40 € fee for the costums, they finally arrived!


Большое спасибо, Евгений!

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Quote: "Quant-Geek"​A scarce to rare variety of the Class B follis:
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​​Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-3) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
​​Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing, with cross nimbus having with a central pellet in each arm and in each upper quarter, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in blessing in sling of cloak, left hand holds book, with on cover, from beneath
​​Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ in small letters to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
​​Dim: 29 mm, 9.32 g
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​​Cool! Where do you buy from, if you don't mind ne asking?

​Mostly auctions, including ebay. A lot of searching on ebay and spotting things that seems common, but are not. Here is another, extremely rare variety that I bought on ebay:

Byzantine Empire: Æ Anonymous Class B Follis, Constantinople (Sear 1823; DOC B.1-64; Zervos Type B-2) - Attributed to Romanus III (1028-1034)
Obv: IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ facing with nimbate cross behind head, dot in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of gospels, a dot in center of dotted square on book
Rev: IS-XS ЬAS-ILЄ ЬAS-ILЄ to left and right above and below cross with dots at the ends, on three steps
Dim: 27 mm, 8.65 g

My new addition: 1/4 real from Central America Republic

Quote: "Turi"​My new addition: 1/4 real from Central America Republic
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Quote: "Turi"​My new addition: 1/4 real from Central America Republic
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​​Funny, I just received two Central American coins myself.

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​​​Funny, I just received two Central American coins myself.
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​Amazing coins! It was one of my dreams to have at least one Central America Republic coin. You have two. Congrats!

I just dabble in the Italian states. I just got these nice Ferdinand II pieces.

Going back to the stuff I do best, Half crowns and Florins.
My favourite coin shop, reopened in a local mall outside the city, so decided to treat myself.


1837 Halfcrown, probably historically cleaned VG - a very scarce date (150k, less than 1905!). My chances of upgrading this for less than $150 are even more scarce. It cost me $70 minus a 15% discount by the dealer!


1880 Halfcrown, honest Fine or better, one tiny nick, otherwise a nice coin here! This type of halfcrown is really common in G and VG, but harder above Fine. At $50 - % it was a steal


1887 Jubilee Halfcrown (There is an 1887 Young Head and its scarce), this is a high VF piece and has some left over lustre, replacing a worn VG example! I thought always that 1887 was the commonest date of all the Jubilee head halves, its actually the scarcest! Amazing what $60 can get you!


1887 Florin in toned EF, less shine here,but you can tell by looking at the Queen, there is much less wear here. Getting any large Victorian silver in EF for under $100 is a triumph, this was $75 minus 15%.


1906 Edward VII Britannia Prow Florin, my 2nd favourite florin design after the Gothic.
This Fine/gFine example cost me just $35 and I felt it was totally worth it as these coins are notoriously hard to find with full dates in low and mid grades.

Overall a good buy, I paid $250 for all 5 coins.

Moneytane - impressive coins. You have an enviable collection.

Arrived today (and it didn't take 4 months)!

Quelle coïncidence! I also have new Bulgaria pieces to show

Cool!

Both cleaned but I paid $70.00 for both.
1st coin is Burma, 1853 1 Kyat,KM#10
2nd is Japan, 1903 1 Yen. ,#YA25.3

Great detail on both coins. The 1903 yen has striking intricate detail. Nice

yes, that yen is stunning. I dont care it it was cleaned.

The roman collection is growing:
Here finally my first coin from the reign of Emperor Tiberius - AS - ROM ET AVG reverse:

Another nice coin from one of my favorite emperors (Does anyone know if the Follis still was silvered at that time? Otherwise the remaining silvering is post mint damage):

Another coin from the reign of Theodosius the not really that great:

Also won this nice state visit medal featuring the Swedish King and his wife in their young times:

Two more florins arrived yesterday.


The 1878 was sold as die no. 7, but there seems to be an "8" to the left of the 7?

Nice, you are great at finding the nicer examples of these. Have seen a few double strikes and things on the Gothics.

Your 1888 is stunning, makes mine look worn!

Another gothic florin in today's post:

I bought coins of 6 new countries to my collection: Bhutan, Belarus, Malawi, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe... Now I'm counting with 134 countries :)

Got this beauty today!

I've always wanted an EF Cent from Australia to add to my pre-1962 country collection but, I could never find one at a decent price point. Found this colonial beauty at an auction that ended on a Wednesday morning (I work afternoons).

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47667.html



I believe this may be a restrike with rusted dies (about 3 - 4 o'clock, obverse) as I've located many examples both with and without these imperfections. You can see both at Museums Victoria https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/about

And you have to love the Aussie "cheek". The reverse is not Britannia but Australia.

Not bought anything for quite a while - got this yesterday ...

'The Odd fellows Manchester Unity 40mm AE "FRIENDSHIP LOVE AND TRUTH" by Pinches'

Have a nice day for collectors.
It's half an hour back , young neighbor's son drove home-he works in Switzerland sometimes in Germany and travels to Thailand and Croatia. He brought me two bottles of coins for free -for my joy. So I gave him a denarius from an unknown country ( yes, where he was born in an unknown place). I don't have time - spring work, so it will wait until winter.
Ahoj Ivan
I don't even know what's in there:

Well that looks like fun!

Quote: "ngdawa"​Well that looks like fun!

​A young boy cooks in a mountain hotel in Switzerland and helps out in a bar, but they didn't have guests, so the cashier was looking for vintages for me. they look most preserved I think Swiss ,, Here is an example that even closed restaurants can do good things,,. My wife was upset, my work in the garden was missing and at least I solved it and sorted into boxes. A collector is a collector who is addicted.


Ahoj Ivan

There were a number of additions in April, but these two are my favorites.

Hungary 5 Pengo 1938


Romania 2 Bani 1867 Watt&Co mint

Additions to my collection

1) 12 Deniers - Louis XVI FRANÇOIS
2) Liard - Urban VIII Crowned M
3) 2 Øre - Frederik VIII
4) 20 Pfennig - Crefeld tram
5) 1 Heller - Ludwig I / Maximilian II
6) ½ Dollar Statue of Liberty
7) 1 Penny - George VI

I like the Krefeld S-bahn token best. I have been there. (but it was in the 1980s, not 1919)

8/4
Hong Kong 50 cents 1974 & 1975
Hong Kong 5 cents 1937
HSBC $10 (1968 and 1972)
HSBC $20 (2000) - key date in this series
The Chartered Bank $100 (1979) - S/N A626090

26/4
Hong Kong 10 cents (1935)
Hong Kong 50 cents (1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968)
Hong Kong 1 dollar (1971 and 1972)
HSBC $100 (1977)
Standard Chartered $20 (1985) - prefix A, UNC
HSBC $20 (1993) - prefix AA, UNC

I've collected nearly every banknote I can afford. Time for coins I guess.

KS5331

Several additions now that the month is ending.

Most of them will end in swap list (for instance, I already added this week like 15 of thoose 25 centimos 1927 and 1934). De 1 centavo from Argentina will probably end too since I cant stand with verdigris.







In the end only this EEUU cent and one of the Juan Carlos coins will made it into my collection

Got this nice Crispus follis stuck in the Antioch mint:

More tokens than coins, they have one of the most amusing stories of all time. A portly English businessman brought this island in the Bristol channel in 1925 and declared himself king!

He issued a mountain of stamps (The stamps are still going today and are very popular, despite being cinderella labels, even SG acknowledges them).

His coin issuing endeavours got him in more trouble.




On daytrips to his island, people had to change UK money into "Puffins" and postage off the island also attracted "Puffinage". The tokens minted in Birmingham were marked as puffins and not pennies and also being marginally smaller.

Ever the businessman, the pair was marked with "Lundy lights and leads" the legitimate business that made him his fortune (When he died in 1954 he had the island and £54k - well off but hardly Rockefeller or Kanye level riches).

The British authorities saw differently and accused him of counterfeiting and uttering coins that were invalid. He was convicted for the simple fact the coins showed him and not King George V as Lundy was technically part of the UK!

My pair are uncirculated and complement the stamp collection. I am also 45 today.



He was fined £5 and ordered to stop issuing and using the coins/tokens and now they are collectors pieces!

Happy Birthday! I have not yet got any originals - so got these
in a set of five, dated 2011, in the meantime. Rather nice nonetheless ...

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​Have a nice day and weekend.

Man the signal was strong, it was whistling in the headphones, the last day of the month and such happiness.
I just can't read what's written there I know it had something to do with the "Slavs"-but that was a long time ago.
The patina is still weak so it won't be that old -I estimate,, 45,, years ( but the five is the other way around and 4 is the other way around)
I think the Mintmaster was already drunk -, and and I don't think he had glasses opposite.




Happy ,, Moneytane,, New Zealand greetings
Ivan

I end this month with theese 1 Mil from Palestina.



Seller sended 7 instead of 8 coins (missing 1943) so I am claiming for that one now